Bob’s Birthday Club: Bob’s Red Mill & Autism Speaks

Today marks the launch of a new program at Bob’s Red Mill- Bob’s Birthday Club. We’ve partnered with Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, to bring birthday kits to children with autism. By making a minimum donation to Autism Speaks, adults can enlist an autistic child in the club, and in advance of that child’s birthday, the child will receive a Bob’s Birthday Club kit filled with gluten-free cake mix and other Bob’s Red Mill treats.

With a donation of $30 or more made through the website, an adult can register an autistic child for the club.

Then, as that child’s birthday nears, he/she will receive a special Bob’s Birthday Club kit, which includes:

Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Vanilla Cake Mix

A recipe card puzzle

A kid-size cooking apron

A measuring cup

The kits are limited to the first 1,000 people who sign up.

We couldn’t be more excited to support such an amazing organization and bring a little extra birthday joy to some deserving kids. We’ve partnered with Autism Speaks in the past and supported their “Light It Up Blue” campaign earlier this month by lighting up the Morrison Street Bridge in Portland, Oregon (see picture below).

You are sorry that a person doesn’t agree with Autism Speaks? That a person doesn’t agree with a company that doesn’t allow individuals who they’re representing (autistics) to have a voice in their company? (there isn’t a single member on their board who is autistic. Because believe it or not, autistic kids grow up into autistic adults) A company that spend only a tiny fraction of their donations on the very people they claim to support? (3%)

A company that cares more for the people who come in contact with autistics than autistics themselves. A company that backs the Judge Rottenburg Center, a place where they torture people in the name of a ~cure~.

You’re sorry?

Please note that the last product of yours I bought was months ago and it was a very short purchase when I bought it.

Thank you for your comments. I assure you, we are listening and hearing what people are telling us about Autism Speaks. We are no longer working or affiliated with them. We have had many, many messages like yours and we are listening. I meant no offense in my response to the comment a few weeks ago.